CHART BEATS: A JOURNEY
THROUGH POP

One number 1. Three number 2s. Three number 3s. Nine other top 20 singles. INXS had enjoyed an illustrious career on the ARIA top 50 in...

Things change quickly in pop music. One minute you're landing hits and selling a stack of singles, the next you're barely making the top...

One day you're up, the next you're down — something that can be said for many of the acts we'll see in this week's flashback to the ARIA...

It's always interesting how differently an artist can fare in one country compared to another, especially when their debut single is a huge success all around the world. For the female singer who arrived on the ARIA singles chart this week in 1993, her Australian achievements — two hits, separated by an eight-year gap — paled in comparison to her tally of 10 top 10 singles at home in the UK. Dreams did come true for Gabrielle in 1993 But in 1993, both Australia and Britain we

You've got to hand it to the Swedes — they really do know their way around a good pop song. This week, the third most successful Swedish act of all time (after ABBA and Roxette, of course) made their debut on the ARIA singles chart. All that Ace Of Base wanted was an international chart-topper... and they got one Fusing Eurodance and reggae (how very 1993), the two-boy, two-girl quartet's breakthrough hit reached the number 1 spot around the world... except in their native Sw

Yes, this week in 1993, a single debuted at number 1 for only the fourth time in ARIA chart history. But the less time I have to spend...